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Google Speeds Searching for Images and News

Google Labs on Monday launched a duo of new services in its quest to improve the user experience. Google believes Similar Images and News Timeline add compelling new features and functions to the Google platform.Like other Google Labs innovations, analysts said these tools might prove valuable for users looking for faster ways to find specific types of information.

“At Google, we are constantly researching, designing and brainstorming about the next big idea, and when we think we’ve found something compelling, we often use our ’20 percent time’ to build a working version,” said Michael Cohen of Google Labs. “Back in 2002, we created Google Labs to give these budding experiments a home where users could try them and share their thoughts with us. Some of our most popular products began this way, including Google Maps, iGoogle and Google News.”

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April 21st, 2009

Oracle-Sun Deal Signals a Major Shift for IT Industry

Oracle’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems has major implications for the high-tech world that will unfold in the months ahead. There is already plenty of speculation about how the merger will position Oracle to compete and plenty of optimism about what this megamerger means for the high-tech industry in the midst of a global crisis.A couple of things are certain:

Innovation is a likely fruit of the acquisition. By acquiring Java’s programming language, Oracle can explore continued innovation and investment in Java technology that will benefit its customers and the industry.

And with the acquisition of the Sun Solaris operating system, Oracle can optimize its database with new features.

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HP Integrates Server and Software with Matrix

Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled new solutions within its Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio. Despite the convergence theme, some analysts said the direct comparison against Cisco’s Unified Communications Systems is overstated.In any case, HP is making bold promises. The company is claiming its new approach fundamentally changes the way technology is used to deliver business services while also reducing infrastructure costs and data-center complexity.

Dubbed HP BladeSystem Matrix, the solution merges software, server , storage and networking on a single platform that automates service delivery for the data center. Meanwhile, the HP Matrix Orchestration Environment offers a unified management interface to design, deploy and optimize the application infrastructure.

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Oracle Will Buy Partner Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion

After a false start with IBM , Sun Microsystems has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $7.4 billion. Oracle sees long-term advantages to acquiring two key Sun software assets: Java and Solaris.Java is one of the most widely deployed technologies in the computer industry. Oracle called it the “most important software” it has ever acquired. Oracle Fusion Middleware is built on top of Sun’s Java language and software.

Oracle expects the Sun acquisition to contribute more than $1.5 billion to its operating profit in the first year alone, and increase to more than $2 billion in the second year. That would make the Sun acquisition more profitable in per-share contributions in the first year than its acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined.

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YouTube Adds Movies and TV Shows

In a move to compete with the rising popularity of Hulu, YouTube unveiled a new destination for television shows and an improved movie hub on the viral video site.YouTube has partnered with major studios, including Crackle, CBS, MGM, Lionsgate, and Starz, to make thousands of television episodes and hundreds of movies available for people to watch, comment on, favorite and share. The catalog will include classic shows like Fantasy Island, Alf and Party of Five.

“This addition is one of many efforts underway to ensure that we’re offering you all the different kinds of video you want to see, from bedroom vlogs and citizen journalism reports to music videos and full-length films and TV shows,” said Shiva Rajaraman, a product manager, and Sara Pollack, an entertainment marketing manager at YouTube.

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Google Speeds Searching for Images and News

Oracle-Sun Deal Signals a Major Shift for IT Industry

HP Integrates Server and Software with Matrix

Oracle Will Buy Partner Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion

YouTube Adds Movies and TV Shows